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uk.kmap
core-user:
I used to try to use TC 5 & 6, but gave up because there was no uk.kmap, the one in kmap.tcz is a copy of the us.kmap.
Having had another try with Tiny Core, (version 9), I find that the uk.kmap is still a copy of the us.kmap - after all these intervening years!?
Where can I get a proper uk.kmap that actually configures to a UK QWERTY keyboard?
curaga:
It was script-generated from the kbd package's keymap; the info file also says the last update was in 2010. So it's likely that whatever is wrong was/is also wrong in the kbd keymap.
The md5sums show they're not the exact same:
--- Code: ---$ md5sum uk.kmap us.kmap
f382207ec4ae389e22b706ba5872bad5 uk.kmap
212fd6afbb3e68258ba3013adb268ad2 us.kmap
--- End code ---
Patches welcome - if you have a better uk.kmap, please send it so we can put it in. Nobody else has complained about uk.kmap, this is the first time.
edit: Google says the uk and us keyboards mainly differ in " and @ being swapped. Testing this, they are indeed swapped, so it looks correct.
Nathan_SR:
The kbd package's latest source releases are listed on this page : https://github.com/legionus/kbd/releases
and the corresponding Arch Linux Binary Package contains many uk. keymap files, as listed on this page : https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/kbd/files/ ( Please do Ctrl+F for uk. )
Hope this info serves some purpose.
core-user:
I reported the same problem in these forums back when I was trying to use versions 5 & 6, several years ago.
I am very surprised that no one else has mentioned it, because i quit trying to use Tiny Core back then because of it.
I would have expected it to have been reported quite a few times in the intervening years.
The @ & " are reversed, # is where the correct pound sign should be, there are others, \ is where the # should be., etc
So, no one has a true uk.kmap available to download & install?
Edit: I've downloaded the source files to have a look to see if there might be something I may be able to do.
Nathan_SR:
Hi core-user,
I have extracted the UK Keymap files from the Arch Linux kbd Binary Package and enclosed it as a zip file here. Please check, if this works at your end.
Regards,
Nathan SR
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